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01-06-2021 | Budesonide | CONCISE COMMENTARY
Concise Commentary: Budesonide—When Going Gluten-Free Is Not Good Enough
Author:
Prashant Singh
Published in:
Digestive Diseases and Sciences
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Issue 6/2021
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Excerpt
In this issue of
Digestive Diseases and Sciences, Therrien et al. in a well-written, retrospective, observational study describe their experience with enteric-release budesonide in 42 patients with non-responsive celiac disease (NRCD) at two referral centers [
1]. NRCD was defined as symptoms or signs suggestive of CD after at least 12 months of a gluten-free diet (GFD). They reported that 57% of the cohort had a clinical response to budesonide (i.e., patient-reported clinical improvement) and 66% of the responders had a complete clinical response (i.e., complete resolution of symptoms). …